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It's actually not a sign of relative poverty but of education in my experience. Most people do it because they understand climate change.

cpursley 4y ago
Isn’t gas one of the cleaner sources of energy?
- mcv 4y ago
  It's the least bad of the fossil fuels, but it's still a fossil fuel.
  - tastyfreeze 4y ago
    The majority of natural gas is extracted along with oil. However, methane is a product of anaerobic decomposition. It can be produced from municipal waste. Natural gas produced from waste is net zero carbon. In the US, and I assume elsewhere, the single greatest reduction is carbon emissions was achieved by switching from coal plants to natural gas plants. Thats a win in my book. No fossil fuels at any cost is a losing proposition. Incremental progress to sustainable energy is how we get to sustainability.
    - mcv 4y ago
      I'm not opposed to gas as a transitional technology. Same with nuclear. They're both significantly better than coal and oil, and if using them helps us get rid of coal and oil, then that's great and we should do it. But I don't see them as the end goal; that's still 100% renewable to me.
      - pshirshov 4y ago
        What's wrong with nuclear climate-wise?..
        mcv 4y ago
        It's fine on CO2, but it has other risks, not to mention its own pretty long-term waste problem. But for the short term, I think that's preferable to the much bigger disaster of global warming and climate change.
    - Gasp0de 4y ago
      Energy that isn't consumed is the easiest way to reduce carbon emissions. Obviously no one demands we switch of gas power plants and let coal power plants run instead, but climate change has reached a point where we need to act on all fronts at the same time. So switch to renewables, switch to cleaner solutions and conserve as much energy as possible.
- atemerev 4y ago
  Nope. There is C in CH4, and that C makes CO2. There is no C in U, though. Nuclear energy is good for climate.
oblio 4y ago
Thank you for calling me uneducated :-) Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc

cpursley 4y ago

Isn’t gas one of the cleaner sources of energy?

mcv 4y ago
It's the least bad of the fossil fuels, but it's still a fossil fuel.
- tastyfreeze 4y ago
  The majority of natural gas is extracted along with oil. However, methane is a product of anaerobic decomposition. It can be produced from municipal waste. Natural gas produced from waste is net zero carbon. In the US, and I assume elsewhere, the single greatest reduction is carbon emissions was achieved by switching from coal plants to natural gas plants. Thats a win in my book. No fossil fuels at any cost is a losing proposition. Incremental progress to sustainable energy is how we get to sustainability.
  - mcv 4y ago
    I'm not opposed to gas as a transitional technology. Same with nuclear. They're both significantly better than coal and oil, and if using them helps us get rid of coal and oil, then that's great and we should do it. But I don't see them as the end goal; that's still 100% renewable to me.
    - pshirshov 4y ago
      What's wrong with nuclear climate-wise?..
      - mcv 4y ago
        It's fine on CO2, but it has other risks, not to mention its own pretty long-term waste problem. But for the short term, I think that's preferable to the much bigger disaster of global warming and climate change.
  - Gasp0de 4y ago
    Energy that isn't consumed is the easiest way to reduce carbon emissions. Obviously no one demands we switch of gas power plants and let coal power plants run instead, but climate change has reached a point where we need to act on all fronts at the same time. So switch to renewables, switch to cleaner solutions and conserve as much energy as possible.
atemerev 4y ago
Nope. There is C in CH4, and that C makes CO2. There is no C in U, though. Nuclear energy is good for climate.

oblio 4y ago

Thank you for calling me uneducated :-) Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiw6_JakZFc